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Bad, Bad Bag Lady: ETA: Got it + Capsule Pic

Angie

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I prefer bags to shoes - always have. I never need another bag - I simply want it. My favourite accessory.

Sooooo, I keep on thinking about this pet, since I'm into cross-bodys this year, and am having fun with olive. I don't have a bag with a guitar strap yet, and this darling is beautifully made with gold hardware. Would look quite good with my new specs, Dre jeans, utility pants and anorak (see Finds). WILD CARD.

My NAS budget is spent, but I have a birthday gift card that I could use so I shan't be over budget. I was going to use the gift card towards a replacement pair of cognac boots, (since I've walked my Prada boots into the ground).

Decisions, decisions......

I love the adrenalin rush of the temporary uncertainty. It makes me feel in control.

What do you think?

ETA: One left at the Flagship. It was meant to be.

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Rebecca Minkoff Leather Camera Bag with Guitar Strap

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Sam Edelman Faux Fur Collar A-Line Anorak

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Latest reply was from Angie

JAileen

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I love olive, too. You better get it before it sells out!

Anonymous

This is Teresa's fault isn't it?
It certainly coordinates very well! That is exciting in itself. It is also casual and neutral.

Susie

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Well when you put them all together like that, of course I have to say you need a new pet!

From a practical standpoint, it seems wise to take advantage of the sale price on the bag. You really wear your shoes so when you find the right pair, you will get enough wear from them to justify a non sale price.

Sisi

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Get it! You love bags and life is too short to give up something you love.

UmmLila (Lisa)

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I had been thinking of an olive bag for fall, too (had my eye on a Little Liffner), but haven't bought one. Is this one big enough for everything you carry around?

Tanya

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I say go for it, it is a beautiful wardrobe pet

Anonymous

I love it, and think it fits right in with your other new pieces. I have a nagging "thing" in my mind about the guitar strap though. I'd really want to make sure I had the "regular" strap too - once the whole guitar strap trend has died down. Also for dressier occasions ...
But that's just me.
I have and wear a olive green bag a lot - and find it really elevates what I'm wearing out of "regular" territory.

julesegr

I think it's a fun update and It goes nicely with your capsule. I'd go for it, provided it comes with a plain strap, too, for when the guitar strap fad passes.

Anonymous

Oh, I feel like my written reaction does not reflect my true first reaction, which was that I love the guitar strap with the anorak, and that cross-body bags are so practical and everyone should have one in their casual wardrobe.

Anonymous

You had me at olive!

Christina F.

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I love this bag too, but as a big RM fan, I have too many of their small bags and couldn't justify this. I'd hoped to purchase an RM at NAS, but the colors or textures of the others didn't work for me. What I can justify are bigger bags for work, so I got an RM hobo bag in ice blue from the Rack that I can use for work instead.

This looks roomy for its size and is totally adorable, though. I'm sure you'd be very happy together!

Style Fan

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Well I am always up for more olive. I love that bag and have been eyeing it in my favourite indie store. I think it would look very fab with your olive capsule.

Anonymous

It IS cute, it's a brownish olive rather than green so even more neutral and wearable, the guitar strap while on trend seems classic-ish to me and it's a refined version with no fringe, etc that seems like a long lasting design.
Cross body seems so practical too!

But of course I think you should get the boots too!

Anonymous

Of course, I love it. My one concern is whether you need the boots more because you do do an enormous amount of walking.

Angie

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Fashion Stylist

You lot crack me up. I appreciate your points of view, along with the chuckle.

Lisa and julesgr, FWIW, I'm not worried about the trendiness of the guitar strap. The bag itself is a modern classic, and Greg plays the electric guitar - (he has a number of Strats) - so the strap will always have the right emotional and sentimental mood, IYKWIM. But nice if it comes with a regular strap too. Good point.

Smittie, good point about the casualness and practicalness of it - in the dressiest way of course! - and how that works with the new leg of my style journey.

UmmLila, it will fit all that I need, no problem. It's quite big, and I the ones I already use are smaller. See Finds.

Sisi, YOU SAID IT.

Susie, you're right. It's not a choice. I'm going to get new cognac boots and wear the heck out out of them anyway. I wear my shoes into the ground because I don't have that many of them.

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Angie

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Sterling, see my comment to Susie.

Isabel, it's exactly the right cross-body design for me. DRESSY Casual. Good eye.

Style Fan & Christina, you're honeys.

JAileen

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The description doesn't mention another strap. Have you seen another strap?

Joyce B

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I think you need that bag

Mochi

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I do think it's a great bag. But the strap has to be considered. It will affect what you can wear it with.

Jenn

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I think that it's your BIRTHDAY gift certificate. You should use it to buy what makes your heart sing. No need to be practical with that credit.

gryffin

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Oooh love it!! I have the RM guitar straps - three versions which I add to my crossbody bags for long trips. I love swapping them out. It's a little beauty and I love a camera bag, practical, elegant, fun. Big thumbs up from me!! Perfect with all your new goodies!!

Carla

It is gorgeous, and you will love it. Go and get it!

Angie

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Fashion Stylist

Jenn, how SWEET. Thank you.

Nancy, because I'm the Bag Queen, I actually don't need a versatile bag. I have a gorgeous assortment of 25 bags to choose from on any given day. (How fab, and ridiculous is that?). Although if I had far fewer bags, versatility would be a crucial point. Thank you.

Gryffin, good to know you're having fun with guitar strap bags. I like the idea of swapping out the straps too. Is your bag black?

JAileen, not yet.

Joyce, you're lovely.

Suz

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I think you had better snap it up quick. Love it. And I am a huge RM bag fan now. Quality is excellent. And the tassel and strap add texture.

Nadya

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I think the giver of the gift card would love knowing that you're spending on something that makes your heart sing! I firmly believe that whenever possible birthday presents should be things that don't make practical sense, but have an emotional connection. This seems to do both!

skylurker

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"I don't have a bag with a guitar strap yet"
LOL!!! The best justification for a bag purchase, ever.

Ok, sorry, laughing is not helpful
Jenn sounds very sensible, I'd listen to her.

Anyway, now you've added a new colour to your wardrobe, you know you will buy all the matching accessories, "complementing" is in your style genes

Firecracker (Sharan)

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Well, there is plenty of justification if you'd like to have the bag. I see no reason not to get it unless you are really on the fence about whether you want it.
I have been admiring that bag, too. I didn't get it because of the shiny gold hardware, which isn't very me, but I like everything else about it. It would look cute with my new oxfords, and my tall olive boots (which also have gold zipper pulls, but I bought them anyway). So should I get it, too?? The way I kept myself from grabbing it now is by telling myself that Rebecca Minkoff may come out with a version that has different hardware, after the sale. (I wonder what the chances are of that. It has happened with other NAS bags by her.) And I also thought, it may be marked down further, later in the season.

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Peri

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I'm not a bag lady at all and even I love it. Now I want it too. I think you'd better get!

Susie

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<channeling my best wise Angie voice>

"There you go, Angie, you're all sorted. Now wear the heck out of that bag!"

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